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Krypto-Handelsplattform Bakkt: Insgesamt mehr als 180 Millionen US-Dollar von Investoren eingesammelt

Die von der Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) der New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) gegründete Krypto-Handelsplattform Bakkt hat die erste Finanzierungsrunde abgeschlossen - insgesamt wurden rund 182,5 Millionen US-Dollar von wohlhabenden Investoren und Risikokapitalgesellschaften aufgenommen. Einer der Investoren und zugleich eine der reichsten Personen der Welt ist Li Ka-Shing, ein bekannter chinesischer Milliardär aus Hongkong.

Insgesamt mehr als 180 Millionen US-Dollar von wohlhabenden Investoren eingesammelt

Die Muttergesellschaft der Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), die New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) hat es geschafft, hochrangige Technologie- und Risikokapitalinvestoren zu gewinnen. Darunter unter anderem die Boston Consulting Group, Pantera Capital, Eagle Seven, Galaxy Digital, CMT Digital, Goldfinch Partners, Microsofts Venture Capital Arm M12, das Fintech-Unternehmen von Naspers und einige weitere. Am 31. Dezember 2018 konnte Bakkt so insgesamt mehr als 180 Millionen US-Dollar Kapital aufnehmen. Kelly Loeffler, CEO von Bakkt, erklärte: Loeffler zeigte sich nicht besorgt über den aktuell andauernden Bären-Markt. Der Preis von Bitcoin ist seit seinem Allzeithoch im Dezember 2017 um rund 80 Prozent gefallen und das ist vielleicht noch nicht der Tiefpunkt. Sie glaubt, dass trotz des Preisrückgangs 2018 das bisher aktivste Jahr in der Krypto-Industrie war. Sie sagte: Hochrangige Investoren an Bord Laut mehreren Nachrichtenagenturen ist einer der bekanntesten Investoren Horizon Ventures, eine von Milliardär Li Ka-Shing gegründete Risikokapitalgesellschaft in Hongkong. Laut Forbes ist Li der 23. reichste Mann der Welt. In den letzten 10 Jahren hat er vermehrt Technologie-Startups in sein Portfolio aufgenommen. Bereits 2013 tätigte Horizon Ventures Investitionen in die Zahlungsabwicklungssoftware für Bitcoin von BitPay. Desweiteren folgte 2016 ein größeres Investment in das Unternehmen Blockstream, welches Blockchain-Technologie anbietet und entwickelt. Laut Kelly Loeffler, CEO von Bakkt, teilen die Investoren die Vision des Unternehmens über die Schaffung eines Zugangs zu digitalen Assets für institutionelle Investoren durch regulierte Future-Kontrakte mit Bitcoin (BTC) und anderen Krypto-Assets. Bitcoin (BTC)-Futures von Bakkt heben sich deutlich von Konkurrenz ab Wenn größere institutionelle Investoren Zugang zum Krypto-Markt bekommen, könnte Bitcoin (BTC) und der gesamte Krypto-Markt davon profitieren. Zudem könnte die Technologie so die erforderliche Anerkennung und Akzeptanz im Mainstream erlangen. Die physisch abgewickelten Krypto-Future-Kontrakte von Bakkt heben sich deutlich von denen der Konkurrenz ab. Die Kontrakte der CME und der CBOE werden ausschließlich in Fiat-Währung abgewickelt, das heißt, dass Bitcoin (BTC) nicht real vorhanden sind. Zudem werden die Verträge von Bakkt über die US-amerikanische Terminbörse und Clearingstelle der ICE abgewickelt und gespeichert. Der Januar wird ein interessanter Monat für Bakkt. Einigen Berichten zufolge könnte es bei der Markteinführung der Bitcoin (BTC)-Futures von Bakkt zu Verzögerungen durch die Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten kommen. Bisher gibt es noch keine offizielle Bestätigung hierfür. Die Börse versicherte jedoch, dass sie über die Situation ein Update geben werden, sobald mehr Informationen vorliegen. Quellenangaben: cryptodaily.co.uk, coinstaker.com Bildquelle: Pixabay Read the full article

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Brock Pierce and Company Will Bring Together Exchanges, and Regulators Around Spanish Crypto Summit

Brock Pierce and Company Will Bring Together Exchanges, and Regulators Around Spanish Crypto Summit

  Brock Pierce, considered to be the center figure of cryptocurrency culture, tweeted about an upcoming event that will have all blockchain lovers, raving to go, or as crypto enthusiasts would say, ‘Futurama to the moon!’   The event is none other than the Futurama Blockchain Innovators Summit, known to create ripples in the cryptocurrency community, and this time it’s in Europe. After a very successful debut in Dubai, it heads to Ibiza.   The event’s success is ensured by world famous Venture Funds, Crypto Exchanges and companies:

Bithumb World’s first-ranked cryptocurrency exchange

Coinsbank Full-fledged cryptocurrency platform and brand new Blockchain Cruise host

ENS Consultants Futuristic software development and outsourcing company

Bitinka The quickest exchange platform for top range cryptocurrencies

DNA Capital The most helpful fund which encourages Blockchain Startups

They need no introduction

What’s unique about Futurama is that their organizers managed to realize something that no other had been able to do before – to bring in the representatives of key exchanges, state officials and regulators, even with their super busy schedules, to provide guests with an exclusive three-day opportunity of priceless networking.   Representatives from the largest cryptocurrency exchanges like Bithumb, Coinsbank and Bitinka, and the most powerful lawmakers such as Malta’s Chris Ellul and Jersey’s Chris Griffin will debate about centralized vs decentralized exchanges.   Futurama Blockchain Innovator’s Summit in Ibiza has a lineup of extravagant personalities who can be witnessed on centre stage – from Bitcoin Foundation Chairman Brock Pierce to the real sector giants like Huawei. Roger Ver, the world’s first investor in Bitcoin startups, Crystal Rose, tech-savvy entrepreneur, and Miko Matsumura, investor of Pantera Capital ICO Fund are just a few of the names from 30+ TOP speakers that will later be revealed.  

Work and Play the Perfect Combination

Even the most sophisticated attendees will be very impressed by the entertainment collection: a welcome party by Coinsbank, known for their brand new cruises, a remarkable ELROW tech-house performance, and a sci-fi SteamPunk party. Can’t get better than this, except the fact that guests will fast forward into an even more radical Future Matrix Party.   Business aspects of the conference will begin with an opening remark followed by the Shark Tank like contest between distinguished ICOs that will compete for a chance to get listed on top exchanges, receive investments, and have a lineup of advisors ready at their disposal.The key topics will be dedicated to critical issues of in the crypto industry such as the role of centralized exchanges in the decentralization movement, the battle of crypto jurisdictions, and the future of exchanges on blockchain.   The Summit will conclude with a tranquil Sunset Cruise sure to relax you as you float by the glorious Ibiza coastline. Choose from six separate vessels that will take you on one of the most memorable sea excursions.   Special for Coinstaker.com readers Futurama Blockchain Innovators provide a special bonus – an exclusive catamaran voyage. Claim your gift now at www.futuramasummit.com    

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ICOs: What To Know As An Investor

ICOs: What To Know As An Investor

An initial coin offering or ICO is said to be an unregulated channel by which a cryptocurrency “venture” raises funds. It is a means for a company or firm to publicly attract funds in cryptocurrency.It is very similar to initial public offerings (IPO) of a company’s assets, save this time around these assets or shares are being sold for cryptocurrency and not physical cash. Due to this most people settle for the term Initial Public Coin Offering (IPCO) but more often than not it’s the “ICO” we use.

ICOs And IPOs

Whereas IPOs involve the stock being offered publicly at a security stock exchange, ICOs do not involve any financial regulatory body or regulatory third party and thus there really aren’t much credibility checks done on the companies making the “offer” of sales. Now, when any cryptocurrency firm or venture wants to raise money through an ICO, it usually comes up with a plan of; what the money being raised is to be used for, what particular need the money raising project is going to meet, how much money is needed for the undertaking of this particular project, how long it will run, and how much of the virtual tokens the investors of the project get to keep for themselves.

During the process of the coin offering, people who are interested in the idea of this particular project invest into it by buying some of the cryptocoins or tokens that the firm distributes. This purchasing is done with a virtual currency. In other cases too it is a company selling actual shares or assets in cryptocurrency for the purpose of raising money for a project. Having known this let us go a bit further to look at certain key factors to consider when buying shares of ICO firms for cryptocurrency, some very successful ICOs one can invest in, the legal status of ICOs, and a major risk you need to be aware of when investing in an ICO.

What to Look Out For

Primarily you need to be aware of exactly what you are buying from the company. Basically the tokens that the company sell to you are equal to vouchers, documents or certificates that prove the transfer of ownership rights of certain assets of the company to you the buyer or investor. Since there is no worldwide framework that states what exactly what should be sold in an ICO, as a general rule of thumb anything at all can be sold in an ICO.

So now your biggest question becomes “what asset am I buying exactly?”. Unfortunately there isn’t a definite answer to this question, but there are a number of things that companies usually sell about 80% of the time during ICO campaigns. These are usually the right of ownership to an internal resource (virtual values, for instance), the right to a certain percentage of the firm’s revenue or simply put dividends, and also ownership rights to certain intellectual property of the company. The above mentioned should give you a fair idea of the kind of assets that are sold during an ICO, but you should also note that there could be many other things beyond the scope of what has being captured in here. But most importantly what you need to do is to know exactly what asset you are buying or what in particular the token you are buying is linked to because this is very key to managing whatever your money is going to be invested into.

Moreover, you need to be very much aware of who the company or firm’s partners are. This is a very key way of establishing just how credible that ICO is. Any scammer could just create a webpage with eye watering information about some next big idea of shooting your finances to the moon by participating in his ICO, only to realise you have been defrauded. Due to the fact that ICOs are unregulated, any funds of yours that go into it if lost due to fraudulent activities may never be retrieved or got back.

So how then do you establish that this particular ICO is genuine if ICOs are unregulated? You can by finding out about the various digital systems or exchanges or platforms that are ready and willing to exchange that particular company’s tokens for electronic money. This is very necessary and should not be overlooked because you could successfully buy tokens from a company only to realise that no one is willing to buy the tokens or exchange them for money. In such a scenario you end up running at a loss whose size can only be quantified by just how much of these tokens you are in possession of. Often than not companies or start-ups put information of these partners of theirs on their webpages or sometimes in their very newsletters. But typically, startups publish this information of their partners on their webpages, thus any company or start-up that does not provide such information is most definitely a no-go area.

Legality

The legal position of ICOs is largely undefined. Typically the tokens one buys are sold to him as digital goods, just as any other goods you buy online, thus it becomes very difficult to say they are illegal or not. Nonetheless, certain countries tend to regulate ICOs just like how they regulate the sale of shares and securities. One country that actually prohibits ICOs totally is China, having totally banned it in September 2017 with reason that it was “disruptive to economic and financial stability”. But some other jurisdictions just allow them to go unregulated. Due to this, ICOs sort of happen mostly within this very tiny grey area of unregulated/regulated. This lack of a definite regulatory framework or universal legal structure for ICOs emphatically implies a risk for whoever decides to invest in them.

ICOs of Today

After having spent the past two thousand seasons of your time reading about what an ICO is and what to look out for and all, how about treating you with a couple of the “hottest” ICOs available at the moment and a little information about them, should you want to invest in any of them.

Blockchain Capital

This is an actual investment company that funds most of the companies that are in the cryptocurrency world. Some these companies funded by Blockchain Capital are Coinbase, BTCC, Blockstream, BitGo, BitFury, Ethcore, and also Kraken. There are other ICOs like Humanig, Cosmos, Internet of Coins, and Aeternity. Nevertheless you should still take into consideration the various safety measures before investing in any of these ICOs mentioned.

So now, we have told you what, if we say we have told you every single detail there is about ICOs then we would have to be very big liars – because we do not have every detail of every nitty-gritty in the world of ICOs. But then having known this, every investor is definitely more than informed on what an ICO is and what to look out for before making a commitment to one. You can read more about ICOs and some new ICOs that  coinstaker.com  recommends for you from

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BREAKING NEWS: Segwit2x Canceled

BREAKING NEWS: Segwit2x Canceled

BREAKING NEWS: Segwit2x Canceled

Wednesday November, 8 2017 17:23 UTC by Gene Cotillo for Coinstaker.com

According to a post by Mike Belshe, the CEO of the BitGo Inc., the Segwit2x hard fork has been canceled.

This comes as complete shock and surprise to everybody in the Bitcoin community and within the financial sector as a whole. In his post on the Linux Foundation’s website, Mr. Belshe reiterated the fact that that the purpose of Segwit2x was only to help improve Bitcoin’s functionality by increasing the block size. He said that it was never intended to cause strife, heated debate, or any other sort of negative repercussions.

He said the goal was only to have a smooth upgrade for Bitcoin. He also stated that the Linux Foundation strongly believes in the need for a larger block size. However, he said, more importantly, was keeping the community together and he felt that continuing on the current path would be a setback to Bitcoin’s growth and the overall future of the crypto world. He believes, in the near future, a solution will have to be found to increase the block size to help with the congestion that the Bitcoin network is currently experiencing. When that time comes, he states that he sincerely hopes that the Bitcoin community can come together to find the solution and until that time they are suspending their plans for the upcoming 2 MB upgrade.

He goes on to thank everybody in the community, whether in favor of or against the upgrade, and finishes by saying that “Bitcoin remains the greatest form of money mankind has ever seen, and we remain dedicated to protecting and fostering its growth worldwide.”

The document assigned by Mike Belshe, winces Casares, Jihan Wu, Jeff Garzik, Peter Smith and Erik Voorhees. The short letter was posted on the Linux foundation.org mail list and can be found here.

It was posted a mere 25 minutes ago, at the time of this writing with a time stamp of Wednesday, November 8 at 16:58:41 UTC 2017.

Bitcoin’s Future Outlook: Stronger Than Ever

Whether or not you are for or against the 2mb upgrade plans that the Segwit2x hard fork would have brought into existence, does not matter. What matters most is this: That Bitcoin itself and the very core principles for which it stands were put before one groups need to see their ideas realized. I think the lesson the can be learned here for everybody Bitcoin community, as well as all other all coin communities, is that if we let an idea that is passionate to us rulers thinking, sometimes we can forget the bigger picture. While it is no argument that something needs to be done to relieve the Bitcoin congestion, the exorbitant fees, and the length the time it takes to receive your money, it is not worth risking Bitcoin as a whole for a quick fix.

While many of you are probably hoping to receive some free money out of the deal, I wouldn’t worry quite just yet. I wouldn’t empty your Bitcoin balances from the exchanges where your hoping to benefit from the double coin windfall. In fact, I would begin starting to plan some trading strategies. The price of Bitcoin has had all-time highs within the last few days, and is expected to climb even higher.

How high will Bitcoin climb?

According to most financial experts, (and we are talking about experts from Wall Street, the financial sector, and other reliable and reputable sources), Bitcoin has no choice but to eventually reach over $1 million per Bitcoin within the next three years. We might even see Bitcoin hit a high of $10,000 by the end of this year.

The strength of the Bitcoin community is what is most important those who have been supporting Bitcoin from the beginning those who are just now getting into the Bitcoin sphere and those who have yet to enter the community are the future of the community. As the old saying goes, “United we stand, divided we fall.”

Let us never forget that.

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